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 Bill O’Reilly Wants a Public OptionPosted on Sep 17, 2009
Bill O’Reilly says of the very public option that makes his Foxy friends’ heads explode: “I want that. ... [I]f the government can cobble together a cheaper insurance policy that gives the same benefits, I see that as a plus for the folks.” Quick, look out your window to see the flying pigs. Let’s be cynical for a moment. Bill O’Reilly loves to claim that he is an independent. He occasionally marches to the beat of a different drummer just to prove it. Now that the public option is dead—at least in Bill’s estimation—he may have run the numbers and decided to make a point of his independence. Or maybe he really loves the idea. Who knows what bounces around in that giant head of his? —PS Daily Kos TV: Advertisement Previous item: Tea-Baggers March on Washington, Have No Idea Why Next item: Carter Sticks to His Guns, Repeats Racism Charge Elsewhere: . CommentsAre you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig. Add Your Comment
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By Uncommon Sense, September 18 at 12:43 pm #
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This can’t be explained away by sending it awash with a contextual argument. He sais what he said, and it clearly states he is in support of a public option by definition… probably the smartest thing I have ever heard come from Bill O’reilly’s mouth.
...which means of course he has a right-wing backlash now on his hands and he will crack under that pressure in a nanosecond and try to explain away this new position to try and quell the furor.
Watch as this happens. He has no backbone so it’s a sure thing.
Report thisBy Anarcissie, September 18 at 12:27 pm #
In the clip, O’Reilly and the woman are talking about two different things. The woman says the Baucus plan is “public” because there is a lot of regulation—this would be a complaint of the rightist Heritage foundation for which she is speaking, and can be dismissed as propaganda. O’Reilly seems to be talking about the public option as a separate entity, albeit rather vaguely. Perhaps neither of them know what they’re talking about.
Report thisBy Commune115, September 18 at 3:25 am #
O’Reilly wasn’t referring to the public option Obama was proposing but to the “public option” the woman was referring to, in other words, they claim the corporate Baucus proposal has a “public option.”
Report thisBy ocjim, September 18 at 12:57 am #
Is O’Reilly smart enough to say the correct right-wing thing without right-wing cue cards?
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